Movie Edit Pro 14 Plus & Crazy Talk 4 (PC)
Movie Edit Pro 14 Plus & Crazy Talk 4 (PC)
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Canon BP-945 / BP-941 Digital Camcorder Battery - MyMemory 
Flip F260P-UK Video Ultra Series Digital Camcorder - Pink (60 mins) 
List Price: ?99.99
Amazon Price: ?99.62
Customer Review: Simple but Very Effective
I bought this piece of equipment a couple of weeks ago and I am jolly glad I did. It is the size of a mobile phone and stores 1 hour of video. There are no sophisticated ways of using it you just press play, zoom and wide angle and that is pretty much it. However. the best part is that there is a USB stick which goes straight into the computer and uploading videos takes seconds. The pciture and sound quality are excellent. I work in education and I intend using this to make vodcasts which can be placed on the VLE for students to access later. I have so far used it socially for birthday parties and also to record a pipe band I just happened across when on holiday in Scotland. I had the flip video in my handbag so was recording in seconds. I would certainly recommend this to anyone.
Panasonic - HDC-DX1 - High Definition Mini DVD Camcorder 
Customer Review: Outstanding performance (but with a few reservations)
I’ve had this camera for a couple of months now and still I have yet to learn all the tricks it has in its locker. But I have done the most basic of all duties and I think I can pass on at least some judgement. Please note that I do not as yet have a HD television. I upgraded from what was already a pretty decent top-of-the-range Canon video camera, albeit some years old now. The DX1 is clearly better and the most obvious reason for this is the format change from DV tape to DVD or SD. I have used at least a dozen DVD-R discs and have had no problems at all, but one of the irritations has been the slow speed of the camera from being switched off to being ready to film. Sometimes you want to move fast, and if you’re in a real hurry, the DX1 could have you cursing out loud. Same applies, oddly enough, when you want to switch off; as there is no removable lens cap (it’s an electronic shutter instead) you have to wait for it to close after you have switched the camera off. This can take nearly half a minute, and again this is a nuisance if you are in a hurry. I don’t like returning the camera to its carrying bag unless or until the Zeiss lens is protected, so it can be an inconvenience to have to wait. On the positive side the battery is, in my opinion, quite remarkable in terms of longevity. I can’t quote an actual time-span that it can be used for on a single charge but it really is quite astonishingly good in this respect. It is though a nuisance to have to remove the battery in order to ‘finish’ a DVD disc, as this operation cannot be done using the battery. Overall the camera is easy and relatively light (given its high spec) and one of my favourite aspects is the ability to just take a DVD out of the camera and put it straight into a domestic DVD player at home, which was one of the main reasons I opted for this model. It’s also convenient for making a recording and simply giving the completed disc to somebody else without having to go through the time-consuming process of copying it onto another format later. The Carl Zeiss lens (made in Germany) is first class, always the first priority for me in choosing any kind of camera, and why I chose the Panasonic brand in the first place.
